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> Computer Associates - eTrust IDS
> IIS - Real Secure
> EIP - Source Fire - Based on Snort
> Global Secure Systems - ActiveScout (this one is a IPS)
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Computer Associates is very secure but very clunky to work with... hard to
configure & hard to maintain
Internet Information Server from version 4 on is very stable but like all of
microsofts stuff... they dont make security they make software
Eip is easy to maintain & class b secure... not as good as Computer
Associates Security but easier to use & more stable than any IIS
Global Secure is very secure & very difficult to use.. it requires a lot of
system administrator oversight... configured wrong it will go down & down....
but once its stablely secured & correctly configured it can be remotely
managed .... the liscenses in each case are most costly IIS>Computer Associates >
Global Secure >EIP.... 70% of all hack attacks are directed against IIS... TCO
puts IIS as the most expensive with Eip being the least... the support is best
from Microsoft.... & a MCSA or MCSE should be easy to find & be able to handle
most problems
.... it is a trade off... relative to budget constraints.... Look into IBM's
security software Symantec & Apache .... it scales well and is the least
expensive in TCO

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